Windows crashes when trying to access network share with offline sync from WSL

[Morpheus0x]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows 11 [Version 10.0.22631.5189]

WSL Version

2.4.13.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• [x] WSL 2
• [ ] WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.167.4-1

Distro Version

Debian 12

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

1. Map a network folder to a drive, in this case S:
2. Right click on a folder inside that drive and make it available offline
3. While online, open WSL terminal and try to access the offline synchronized folder, e.g. ls -la /mnt/s/synced_folder

Trying to access the offline synced folder in WSL while offline is not possible.

Expected Behavior

The folder contents should be accessible

Actual Behavior

While online, Windows crashes with bluescreen Stopcode: RDR_FILE_SYSTEM Error source: Profilesync.sys

While offline, ls is unable to read folder /mnt/s/

$ ls -la /mnt/s
ls: reading directory '/mnt/s': Invalid argument
total 0

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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[Morpheus0x]

This is the log ouput after running ls -la /mnt/s/ while offline. WslLogs-2025-05-26_10-40-59.zip

It is not possible to get the logs while reproducing the error online, since windows crashes.

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Diagnostic information

Appx package is not installed

[OneBlue]

Thank you for reporting this @Morpheus0x. Can you follow 10) Reporting a Windows crash (BSOD) and share the crash dump with us ?

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